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Michael Moyer

Michael Moyer

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2021 in Review

The Year in Physics

By Michael Moyer
December 22, 2021
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Puzzling particles, quirky (and controversial) quantum computers, and one of the most ambitious science experiments in history marked the year’s milestones.

2020 in Review

The Year in Physics

By Michael Moyer
December 23, 2020
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Featuring paradoxical black holes, room-temperature superconductors and a new escape from the prison of time.

Hidden Structure

The Hidden Structure of the Universe

By Michael Moyer
October 22, 2020
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Our new series of articles explores the search for fundamental structure at the edge of science.

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2019 in Review

The Year in Physics

By Michael Moyer
December 23, 2019
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Physicists saw a black hole for the first time, debated the expansion rate of the universe, pondered the origin of time and modeled the end of clouds.

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Physics Nobel Honors Early Universe and Exoplanet Discoveries

By Michael Moyer +1 authors
Natalie Wolchover
October 8, 2019
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The astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won half of the prize for their 1995 discovery of a Jupiter-like planet orbiting a nearby star. The cosmologist James Peebles won the other half for work exploring the structure of the universe.

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In Theory

The Trouble With Turbulence

By Michael Moyer
January 28, 2019
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Turbulence is everywhere, yet it is one of the most difficult concepts for physicists to understand.

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2018 in Review

The Year in Math and Computer Science

By Michael Moyer
December 21, 2018
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Several mathematicians under the age of 30 left their marks all over the field, and amateur problem-solvers of all ages made significant contributions to long-dormant puzzles.

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Laser Physicists, Including Third Woman Ever, Win Physics Nobel

By Michael Moyer +1 authors
Natalie Wolchover
October 2, 2018
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Three researchers shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for advances in laser physics. The winners include a woman for the first time in 55 years.

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Thinking Places

Janet Conrad, Seeker of Neutrinos and Other Curiosities

By Michael Moyer +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
August 21, 2017
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The physicist and curios collector hopes to reveal the hidden structure lurking in the subatomic world.


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About the author

Before joining Quanta Magazine in 2014, Michael Moyer spent six years at Scientific American, where he was most recently in charge of physics and space coverage and led the magazine’s special editorial projects. His writing has been recognized with the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award and included in the “The Best American Science and Nature Writing” book series. Prior to his tenure at Scientific American, he was articles editor at Popular Science magazine, and before that, he studied physics and the philosophical foundations of physics at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley.
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